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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 390.-The following Commission issued by Ilis Excellency the Governor-in- Council is published.

10th May, 1906.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

COMMISSION BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG.

L.S.

MATTHEW NATHAN,

Governor.

WHEREAS it is expedient that a Commission be appointed to enquire into and report on the following matters, viz. :—

1. Whether the administration of the Sanitary and Building Regulations enacted by the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, as now carried out is satisfactory, and, if not, what improvements can be made.

2. Whether any irregularity or corruption exists or has existed among the

officials charged with the administration of the aforesaid Regulations.

NOW, therefore, I, Sir MaTrikw NATHAN, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same, do hereby under the powers vested in me by Ordinance 13 of 1886, entitled The Commissioners' Powers Ordinance, 1886, appoint you :-

1. The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.,

2. The Honourable Mr. EDBERT ANSGER HEWETT,

3. Fung Wa ChUN, Esquire,

4. LAU CHU PAR, Esquire,

5. HENRY HUMPHREYS, Esquire,

6. AUGUSTUS SHELTON HOOPER, Esquire,

to be a Commission for the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting such enquiry; And I do hereby appoint you the said HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK to be Chairman of such Commission; And I do hereby appoint CYRIL FRANCIS WOGAN BOWEN-ROWLANDS to be Secretary to such Commission; And I do hereby order and direct that for all or any of the purposes of the Commission four members thereof inclusive of the Chairman shall be and constitute a quorum,

And I do further hereby order and direct that the said Commission shall, for the purpose of making the said enquiry, have all such powers as are vested in the Supreme Court of this Colony or in any Judge thereof on the occasion of any suit or action in respect of the following matters, viz. :-

(a.) The euforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath, affirmation or otherwise, as the Commissioners or any of them may think fit.

(b.) The compelling the production of documents.

(c.) The punishing persons guilty of contempt.

(d.) The ordering an inspection of any property.

And also the power, for the purposes of this Commission, to enter and view any premises.